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Oklahoma City principal placed on leave amid query

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City school district placed a principal on administrative leave Wednesday amid an investigation into grade tampering.

Douglass Mid-High School Principal Brian Staples was placed on leave with pay, according to a statement from Sandra Park, deputy superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools.

A woman who answered at a phone number listed for Staples said Staples was not at home, before hanging up the telephone.

The investigation began in June following the grade-tampering allegations by students and former district employees that were presented to the school board.

“A majority of the allegations were unfounded. However we are continuing our investigation of the remaining allegations,” Park said. “We take the results of this ongoing investigation seriously.”

She said the investigation was conducted by an independent attorney hired by the school district.

District spokeswoman Tierney Tinnin declined further comment.

“We cannot expound on which allegations were deemed to be unfounded and which were not,” Tinnin said. “We wanted to get word out to the community that Mr. Staples has been placed on leave and we’ll release more information when the investigation has concluded.”